Legal document entitled: In the Matter of - The King vs. Roxuichi Yoshioka, Charged with the Murder of his Wife, Hisa Yoshioka on or about the 24th Day of June 1917, at his place of Residence on a Fox Ranch Situate in the Yukon Territory on the West Side of the Yukon River Opposite Dawson in Said Territory.

[Klondike] Macaulay, Justice Charles D. (1870-1945)

Published by Dawson Judge Macalulay 1917, 1917

About this Item

Folio. 18 pages of hand corrected typescript on light gray paper. A bit soiled but overall clean and not brittle. Two pages of folio hand written notes in Justice Macaulay's hand. Three smaller pages of hand written notes towards the end. Signed in a hand I cannot make out. The whole bundle held together with the original paper clip. Included with the bundle is a long, typed transcript of an article entitled "The Flowering Stump" by Vernon La Chance, published in Maclean's in 15 October 1933 Macaulay was a Judge of the Territorial Court, Dawson. He was elevated to the Bench in 1902 and preceded over the Court in the Yukon Territory for 39 years. This document provides Macalulay's report on the trial and appeal of Rokuichi Yoshioka, a Japanese born Dawson fox farmer. He was accused, tried, and convicted of the crime by a jury. The trial was 6 days long, after which the accused was convicted and hanged on the 23rd of November 1917. I am not sure what happened with the appeal. Although not a Gold Rush item, certainly a very interesting document related to a murder in Dawson City. It must have been sensational and a major event in Dawson. Constable Stallworthy of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police was the investigating officer and provided testimony during the trial. Over the years I have had a number of primary source documents like this but nothing for Dawson and only one other murder before. This document or another copy was addressed To The Honorable The Secretary of State for Canada in Ottawa. Usually documents like this do not survive. A rare and interesting item.

Seller Inventory # 144634

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Legal document entitled: In the Matter of - The King vs. Roxuichi Yoshioka, Charged with the Murder of his Wife, Hisa Yoshioka on or about the 24th Day of June 1917, at his place of Residence on a Fox Ranch Situate in the Yukon Territory on the West Side of the Yukon River Opposite Dawson in Said Territory.
• Publisher: Dawson Judge Macalulay 1917
• Publication Date: 1917
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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